Outdoor Art
Nearly 32,000 pieces of outdoor public sculpture in the U.S. have been logged by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. New York has the most (2,629), North Dakaota the fewest (76). The numbers:
Top 10 States
Rank/State/Number of Sculptures
1. New York...........2,629
2. Pennsylvania.......2,587
3. California.........2,294
4. Massachusetts......1,479
5. Texas..............1,339
6. Indiana............1,231
7. Florida............1,101
8. Ohio.................893
9. Michigan.............892
10. Kansas..............796
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Age of Public Sculptures
Date Created/Percentage
Before 1861......1%
1861-1913.......13%
1914-1964.......20%
1965-present....51%
Unknown.........15%
Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum. For details, visit Internet https://www.americanart.si.edu/study and click on “Save Outdoor Sculpture!”
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